Arsen Lüpen

Arsen Lüpen (Arsène Lupin), Fransız roman karakteridir. Yazarı Maurice Leblanc, bu karakteri oluştururken ünlü Fransız anarşist ve akıllı bir hırsız olan Marius Jacob'dan esinlenmiştir. Türkiye'de Güncel Yayıncılık tarafından basılan Arsen Lüpen serisi 25 kitaptan oluşmaktadır. Onun için, hırsızların piri denilebilir ve kendisini Kibar Hırsız olarak tanıtır. Her zaman esprili ve kibardır. Kandan nefret eder, olabildiğince silah kullanmaz, Jiu Jitsu bilir, iyi rol yapar, iyi nişancıdır. Her zaman istediğini elde eder.

Arsen Lüpen, 2004 yılında yönetmen Jean-Paul Salome tarafından beyaz perdeye tekrar aktarılmıştır. Film serinin tüm kitaplarından kesitler içerir. 2021 yılında Netflix'te, çocukluğundan beri Arsen Lüpen'in serüvenlerini okuyup tekniklerini taklit eden Omar Sy'ın canlandırdığı Assane Diop adlı bir hırsızın intikamını anlatan Lupin dizisi yayınlanmıştır.

Peyami Safa, "Server Bedi" takma adıyla yazdığı "Cingöz Recai" isimli karakteri Arsen Lüpen'den etkilenerek oluşturmuştur.



Bibliyografya
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur, 1907 coll., 9 novellas) (AKA: Exploits of Arsène Lupin, Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin)
Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes (Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès, 1908 coll., 2 stories) (AKA: The Blonde Lady)
The Hollow Needle (L'Aiguille creuse, 1909, novel)
813 (813, 1910, novel)
The Crystal Stopper (Le Bouchon de cristal, 1912, novel)
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin (Les Confidences d'Arsène Lupin, 1913 coll., 9 novellas; 10 in the English version)
The Teeth of The Tiger (Les Dents du tigre, 1914, novel) Published in English in 1914, but remained unpublished in French until 1920.
The Shell Shard (L'Éclat d'obus, 1916, novel) (AKA: Woman of Mystery) Not originally part of the Arsène Lupin series, Lupin was written into the story in the 1923 edition.
The Golden Triangle (Le Triangle d'or, 1918, novel) (AKA: The Return of Arsène Lupin)
The Island of Thirty Coffins (L’Île aux trente cercueils, 1919, novel) (AKA: The Secret of Sarek)
The Eight Strokes of The Clock (Les Huit Coups de l'horloge, 1922 coll., 8 novellas)
The Secret Tomb (Dorothée, Danseuse de Corde, 1923. The main character Dorothée solves one of Arsène Lupin's four fabulous secrets.
The Countess of Cagliostro (La Comtesse de Cagliostro, 1924, novel) (AKA: Memoirs of Arsène Lupin) Published in English in 1925.
The Overcoat of Arsène Lupin (Le Pardessus d'Arsène Lupin, published in English in 1926) Novella first published in 1924 in France as La Dent d'Hercule Petitgris. Altered into a Lupin story and published in English as The Overcoat of Arsène Lupin in 1926 in The Popular Magazine
The Damsel With Green Eyes (La Demoiselle aux yeux verts, 1927, novel) (AKA: The Girl With the Green Eyes, Arsène Lupin, Super Sleuth)
A Tragedy In The Forest Of Morgues (L'Homme à la peau de bique, 1927, novella) (AKA: The Man with the Goatskin)
The Barnett & Co. Agency (L'Agence Barnett et Cie., 1928 coll., 8 novellas) (AKA: Jim Barnett Intervenes, Arsène Lupin Intervenes) The English edition includes The Bridge That Broke story, which was unpublished in France at the time.
The Mysterious Mansion (La Demeure mystérieuse, 1929, novel) (AKA: The Melamare Mystery)
The Emerald Cabochon (Le Cabochon d'émeraude (1930, novella)
The Barre-y-va Mystery (La Barre-y-va, 1931, novel)
The Woman With Two Smiles (La Femme aux deux sourires, 1933, novel) (AKA: The Double Smile)
Victor of the Vice Squad (Victor de la Brigade mondaine, 1933, novel) (AKA: The Return of Arsène Lupin)
The Revenge of The Countess of Cagliostro (La Cagliostro se venge, 1935, novel)
The Billions of Arsène Lupin (Les Milliards d'Arsène Lupin, 1939/1941, novel) - The official last book of the series, The Billions of Arsène Lupin, was serialised in 1939 and published posthumously as a book in 1941 - yet without the ninth chapter "The Safe" ("IX. Les coffres-forts"). This edition was later withdrawn at the request of Leblanc's son. In 2002, through the efforts of some Lupinians and Korean translator Seong Gwi-Soo, the missing chapter was restored and the complete final Lupin novel published in Korea by Kachi Publishing House. A complete French e-book is now also available, as well as a printed edition by Editions Manucius (2015).
The Last Love of Arsène Lupin (Le Dernier Amour d'Arsène Lupin, novel), written around 1936 and posthumously published in 2012 after being found by chance in 2011 "on top of a cupboard in a beige shirt with rusty hooks" by Florence Boespflug-Leblanc.